An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Elenco: Rory Kinnear , Maxine Peake , Pearce Quigley , David Moorst , Rachel Finnegan , Tom Meredith , Simona Bitmate , Robert Wilfort , Karl Johnson , Sam Troughton , Roger Sloman , Kenneth Hadley , Tom Edward-Kane , Lizzy McInnerny , Alastair Mackenzie , Neil Bell , Lisa Millett , Philip Jackson , John Paul Hurley , Tom Gill , Lizzie Frain , Harry Hepple , Ian Mercer , Adam Long , Nico Mirallegro , Danny Kirrane , Johnny Byrom , Victor McGuire , Stephen Wight , Ryan Pope , Dorothy Atkinson , Tim McInnerny , Marion Bailey , Vincent Franklin , Jeff Rawle , Eileen Davies , Philip Whitchurch , Martin Savage , Al Weaver , David Bamber , David Fielder , Fine Time Fontayne , Robert Gillespie , Jonathan Jaynes , Nicholas Lumley , Shaun Prendergast , Alan Williams , Dorothy Duffy , Victoria Moseley , Christine Bottomley , Samantha Edwards , Julie Hesmondhalgh , Kate Rutter , Katie West , Joseph Kloska , Leo Bill , Brian Fletcher , Gary Cargill , Patrick Kennedy , Guy Williams , Ben Crompton , Bryony Miller , Lee Boardman , Steve Garti , Leo Ashton , Alicia Turner , Elsie Kirk , Florence Kirk , Darren Scott , Michael Culkin , Laura Elphinstone , Rachel Davies , Julie Riley , Kieran O'Brien , Noreen Kershaw , Jim English , Adam Shaw , Bob Goody , Sam Graham , Tilly Vosburgh , David Hounslow , Steve Huison , Jeremy Todd , Paul Bown , Paul Popplewell , Moya Brady , Jane Hazlegrove , Hayley Jayne Standing , Kate O'Flynn , Gerard Kearns , John Branwell , Isla Nield , Philip Martin Brown , James Benson , Sidney Livingstone , David Walmsley , James Dryden , Bronwyn James , Polly Hemingway , Steve Cain , Sarah Crowden , Miles Richardson , Graham Seed , Tim Barker , Mark Ryan , Mark Sheals , Paul Greenwood , Malcolm Ridley , Michael Cahill , Alex McNally , Jonathan Oliver , Jimmy Fairhurst , Paul Kynman , Nick Moss , Dan Poole , Tristram Davies , Charlie Tighe , Michael Chadwick , Oliver Devoti , Ian Davies , Lee Bainbridge , Dan Bottomley , Liam Gerrard , Scott Haining , Ian Conningham , James Dangerfield , Thomas Dyer-Blake , William Fox , Richard Glaves , David Heywood , Andrew Jarvis , Gary Mitchinson , Simon Nock , Jack Quarton , Andrew Roberts-Palmer , Steve Rollins , Hamish Rush , Gareth Williams , Dan Willis , Oliver Ashworth , Tony Mooney , Christopher McMullen , Teresa Mahoney , Mary West , Jessie Vinning , Eloise Henwood .